My Little Helper

This morning, Camilla woke up at 7:00 am.  Mr. Stannix was okay with that because he got to see her before leaving to work!! I got her a bottle and they snuggled on the couch until Daddy had to leave. He misses her too!  She went over to the door with him and got to his shoes before he did. She then picked up the heavy, black dress shoe and handed it to her Daddy. It was sweet.

Camilla and I took advantage of the sunshine in the early hours of the morning and took to the yard.  I pulled out about a million thistles, and weeded some of the flower beds, mowed the lawn, and then we came back inside.  After a short nap, I decided it was a good day to bake cookies.  Camilla pulled up a chair and was my little helper.  It was a lot of fun!!

We made, and enjoyed, oatmeal cookies! I need to get my mum's recipe though, the recipes I get offline just aren't the same as the delicious cookies I used to eat growing up.  My mum would make them, and the whole batch would be almost eaten before the last pan came out of the oven (that's how good they are!).

Camilla is missing spending time with her Daddy as he has night classes this month, and unless she wakes up early, he hardly sees her (if at all) in a day.  She keeps running over to our wedding picture and pointing and saying "Da-da".... Yesterday when he left for work she cried :( It was sad.  Every time I sit down at the computer, she comes and says "uppp", and she sits on my lap and we browse through pictures/videos.  She loves it! And it's special to spend time together telling her stories and showing her pictures.   She is such a sweet little girl. We are excited because tonight, Daddy will be home after work and able to eat dinner with us.

I do miss Mr. Stannix when he is away. Like a lot.  Yesterday I went stir crazy and had to keep myself busy.  I think I scrubbed every nook and cranny in our little home.  I washed all the floors, shined all the sinks/taps,  I even scrubbed down the inside of the "hood" thing over the stove.  It was disgusting, it had like an inch of caked on oily grossness. It felt so good to get that done, and now I can admire it when I turn on the light underneath it.  I vacuumed this morning, but as I type, I can feel oatmeal cookie crumbs beneath my toes.  I may have to do another once over ;)